The Story of Bo Diddley

Now let's hear the story of Bo Diddley
And the rock 'n' roll scene in general
Bo Diddley was born Ellis McDaniels
In a place called McCoom
Mississipi about 1926
He moved to Chicago about 1938
Where his name was eventually changed
To Bo Diddley
He practiced the guitar everyday and sometimes into the night
Till his papa's hair began to turn white
His pa said  "Son  listen hear  I know
You can stay but that guitar has just gotta go"
So he pulled his hat down over his eyes
Headed out for them western skies
I think Bob Dylan said that
He hit New York City
He began to play at the Apollo in Harlem
Good scene there  everybody raving
One day  one night  came a Cadillac with four head lights
Came a man with a big  long  fat  cigar
Said  "C'mere son  I'm gonna make you a star"
Bo Diddley said  "Uh  what's in it for me "
Man said  "Shut your mouth son
Play the guitar and you just wait and see"
Well  that boy made it  he made it real big
And so did the rest of the rock 'n' roll scene along with him
And a white guy called Johnny Otis took Bo Diddleys rhythm
He changed it into handjive and it went like this
In a little old country town one day
A little old country band began to play
Add two guitars and a beat up saxophone
When the drummer said  "Boy  those cats begin to roam"
Oh  baby oh we oh oh
Ooh  la la that rock 'n' roll
Ya  hear me oh we oh oh
Ooh  la la that rock 'n' roll
Then in the U S  music scene there was big changes made
Due to circumstances beyond our control  such as payola
The rock 'n' roll scene died after two years of solid rock
And you got discs like ah
"Take good care of my baby
Please don't ever make her blue"  and so forth
About  ah  one year later in a place called Liverpool in England
Four young guys with mop haircuts began to sing stuff like  ah
"It's been a hard days night and I've been workin' like a dog"  and so  on
In a place called Richmond in Surrey  way down in the deep south
They got guys with long hair down their back singin'
"I wanna be your lover baby  I wanna be your man yeah"  and all that  jazz
Now we've doin' this number  Bo Diddley  for quite some time now
Bo Diddley visited this country last year
We were playin' at the club a Gogo in Newcastle  our home town
And the doors opened one night and to our surprise
Walked in the man himself  Bo Diddley
Along with him was Jerome Green  his Maraca man
And the Duchess  his gorgeous sister
And a we were doin'  doin' this number
Along with them came the Rolling Stones  the Mersey Beats
They're all standin' around diggin' it
And I overheard Bo Diddley talkin'
He turned around to Jermone Green
And he said  "Hey  Jerome
What do you think these guys doin' our  our material "
Jerome said  "Uh  where's the bar man  please show me to the bar"
He turned around the Duchess
And he said  "Hey Duchess
What do you think of these young guys doin' our material "
She said  "I don't know
I only came across here to see
The changin' of the guards and all that jazz"
Well  Bo Diddley looked up at me and he said
With half closed eyes and a smile
He said  "Man  took off his glasses"
He said  "Man  that sure is the biggest load of rubbish
I ever heard in my life"
Hey  Bo Diddley
Oh  Bo Diddley
Yeah  Bo Diddley
Oh  Bo Diddley
Yeah  Bo Diddley
Oh  Bo Diddley